Maureen, mid-20s, has a job she hates: seeing to the wardrobe of a media celebrity. She couldn’t find anything better to pay for her stay in Paris. And wait. Wait for a sign from the spirit of her twin brother, who died a few months earlier. Until then, her life will stay on hold.

THINGS TO COME (L’AVENIR)

Philosophy teachers Nathalie and Heinz have been married for many years and have two grownup children. Nathalie devotes her time to the books she publishes as a sideline, to former students who have become friends and, above all, to her mother, a very possessive woman.

One day, Heinz tells Nathalie that he has fallen in love with another woman and is moving in with her. It’s the start of a whole new life. Nathalie is alone and summer is just beginning.

BERLIN METANOIA

A bear escapes and a whole city goes mad: While all citizens go about their absurd every-day-activities, a bear has managed to free itself from its kennel.

Meanwhile Kore has a completely different problem. The shadows of her past are haunting her – shadows she cannot get rid of. There is simply no way out: she needs to face her most grueling fear.

ONE, TWO, THREE…

A group of solitary elderly individuals from Armenia, who have been neglected by the society, unify in an amateur dance troupe and prove during each performance that they still can dream, fall in love, amaze and wonder.

THE SCHOOL ON MAGIC MOUNTAIN

They are the élite of tomorrow. Born privileged, raised in wealth and now safely nested in the best private school in the world, in Switzerland no less, to prepare for a lifetime as leaders. Their iconoclastic American teacher Hugh starts a whole new subject – the future. His mission: making them experience firsthand the three major problems of their generation: energy decline, economy and overpopulation. Will he succeed in shifting their focus from the wealthy life to the reponsibilities they will have to live up as future leaders? Four personal stories about growing up in a world of global challenges. In the race for what’s left, who will they choose to be, when the world calls?

LA VITA NUOVA

LA VITA NUOVA is a spiritual movement. Its members reenact each others dreams for positive impact on their lifes. When the young Anna appears, the groups ideals are challenged and the raw power of faith unravels.

THE TINY LADY

When Lily moves into the house with the golden Pretzel on top, she has no clue that there is an adventurous neighbor living in the secret part of the backyard: the little lady who has a 1000 year old chameleon, can make herself disappear and speaks forwardish and backwardish – but most importantly the little lady is equipped with a witty sense of humour which will make Lilly’s summer unforgettable.

HILAL, FEZA AND THE OTHER PLANETS

The devout Muslim student Hilal and the young transexual Feza, who wants to become a woman are equally oppressed by the Turkish society during the military coup in 1997. Through the mutual suffering they form a close relationship which unites their souls despite social prejudice.

#FLORA63

Lucien and Alex are two men from different generations. When the older takes on the identity of the younger without knowing who he is, things get messy and it takes a girl to sort them out again…

THE WEDNESDAY CHILD

Maja is in debt, has just lost her new job and the custody of her son. Only her self-confidence and street smartness keep her from loosing faith and going crazy. Taking part in a micro-loan program is supposed to bring her back on track. It‘s a curvy road to riches but driving without a license can be the best remedy against insomnia.

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT?

Jasmin is living alongside his friends and enemies in Sarajevo, a city in a period of transition that has gone on for almost 20 years. Where no heros are to be seen and corruption and crime have destroyed all values.

MAHAN

A man‘s trip into his past reveals that the love of his life is not dead and that his dreams, wishes and deamons are challenged by a life in the presence he didn‘t know about. What he does know: his future will be very different.

II (TWO)

Bride and groom on an endless journey to love…

FOREVER OVER

Mia and Tim have been together forever, or at least it feels that way. Seeking excitement, they invent a game – they each have to help one another fulfill their deepest desires, no matter what it may be.

KUZU – THE LAMB

A mothers fatal joke turns a village‘s quiet reality into a nightmare.

THE SPECIAL NEED

29 year old Enea is looking for love – phsyical love that is. But as the autist he is, living in Italy, this is anything but easy. So him and his two best friends Carlo and Alex set out on a journey through Europe and eventually find a lot more than they were looking for…

WITH MOM

While her middle class, socialist family is falling apart around her, Berina, a young artist, tries to cope with her awakening sexuality and her mother’s imminent death. For her and her family’s sake, Berina wants to save her mother’s life the only way she can – through art, magic, religion.

CATHEDRALS

The city of Ordos, in the middle of China, was build for two milion people yet remains completely empty. Ordos is not so much a place but a symbol of babylonic hype. But nothing will change – as long as people believe.

RHINO FULL THROTTLE

Bruno roams the streets of Berlin with his head full of questions, gazing behind the many facades and surfaces. He is seeking the soul of the city, that certain something that others might never notice. He unexpectedly meets an ally who immediately understands his way of thinking. Bruno falls in love. Everything would be fine if only his newly found soulmate did not have to move on so soon. Bruno does not have much time to express his feelings.

SHARQIYA

Nobody really respects Kamel Najer, the young Bedouin who works as a security guard at the central bus station. Neither his family, nor his colleagues. When the Israeli government threatens to tear down his settlement, he decides to act. Kamel comes up with the plan to stage a bomb attack, which he will then prevent from happening, making him the hero of the day, hopefully saving his settlement and earning him the respect he‘s so desperately yearning for.

ABC

Vele is 17 years old and all she wants is to learn how to read and write – to keep up with her seven year old daughter. After endless years of the Liberian civil war her ability to sign in her own name means the next big step towards independence – away from the painful past, into a brighter future.

FATHER, SON AND HOLY COW

Bogdan has recently lost his wife. Full of grief he retreats to his mother‘s farm. When one of his cows begins to act strangely, Bogdan believes, his missed love has come back. What follows is a colourful dance full of emotions that ends with just another „Good Bye“ – but also with a „Very Welcome“.

VIOLINISSIMO

Three young people from three different continents are fighting for one thing – winning the world‘s most acclaimed violin competition. What they have in common, is their exceptional talent, their ambition, their disciplin and the insight, that there are more fulfilling things than ending up on top.

THE WEDDING TAPE

All Fis wants is to get out of the Kosovo. He has found a fake German bride so his application for a German Greencard should be a formality – or so he thinks. But one essential document is missing, the wedding tape. Fis has three days to shoot 30 minute sof the happiest day of his life. Against all odds he succeeds but it doesn‘t lead him to where he thought he would go….

SUNNY LANE

Berlin‘s past and future through the eyes of an outsider – nothing but the naked truth by someone being torn apart by life and longing.

THE EXTERNAL WORLD

A little boy learns how to play the piano.

NAPSZÚRÁS – SUNSTROKE

Girl, mother, lover – all in the body of a teenager. Maja has to face the responsibility of early motherhood. Being a child herself she can‘t stand the pressure. Running away from her beloved baby turns out to be her first mature decision.

WAGAH

Each night the only bordercrossing between India and Pakistan on a 3000km stretch becomes the sight of an extraordinary event. Thousands of people gather to witness the ritual closing of the border, after which the masses get as close as possible to the gate to greet their former neighbours. This “festival“ is therefore on the one hand a celebration of the partition, but on the other hand also the only connecting element. What do the terms separation, home and proximity mean to the people on both sides?

OUR WONDERFUL NATURE

Two watershrews getting it on…realtime vs. slo-mo reveals some mighty surprise. An award winning audience hit at many, many festivals.

ILLUSION

Lena loses her job as a conductor after many years of working for the Berlin underground. Her job is what meant most to her. Apart from work, Lena is a very lonely person and the loss of her job means losing everything for her. Day after day she starts missing her job more. One day she decides to keep on working illegally. Shortly after that, she bumps into her old colleague Micha whom she fancies secretly… What will he think about her working illegally and how can she hide her secret love?

IN PRINCIPLE

Numbers are abstract like principles or doubts. Kathrin, manager in a huge company is standing in front of a predetermined dilemma. Within a new reform she ought to dismiss 20% of the company’s staff. Not an easy task for someone who always managed to keep up to his social principles. During a weekend workshop Kathrin is supposed to get the basics of „fair firing“.

Our co-production PERSONAL SHOPPER by Olivier Assayas has won the Award for Best Director at this year’s Cannes Film Festival! We are extremely happy and thankful! Congrats to Olivier and everyone from the PERSONAL SHOPPER-team!

We’re very happy and extremely proud to announce that Mia Hansen-Løve has been awarded with the Silver Beat for Best Director for L’AVENIR (Things To Come) at this year’s Berlinale! Congratulations to Mia and the whole L’Avenir-team!

Yes! The Wednesday Child wins the Crystal Globe AND the Fedeora Award in the East of West competetition at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival!!! We are happy, proud and thankful!!! Congratulations to Lili Horvath and the whole team!

Carlo Zorattis Debut THE SPECIAL NEED has won the Golden Starfish Award as Best Feature Documentary at the Hamptons International Film Festival. We thank the jury and send our sincere congratulations to Carlo and the Team.

Like his RHINO last year, Erik Schmitt’s latest short FOREVER OVER has won the hearts of the audience this year and has won the audience award in Santiago de Compostela. Congratulations to Erik and the team, we are very happy about the audience reaction!

The new project by Kutluğ Ataman was awarded the Arte International Relations Cinelink Award. It’s our second collaboration after KUZU – THE LAMB, which premiered as a Panorama Special at this years Berlinale. On we go!! Thanks a lot to the jury and the whole team at Cinelink Sarajevo, we had a blast!

They did it again! CATHEDRALEN and RHINO FULL THROTTLE have shared the honors again – this time at RiverRun International Film Festival. Congratulations to our rock stars Konrad and Erik and a very warm thank you to the juries!

THE SPECIAL NEED wins top award at Dallas International Film Festival!

Enea, Carlo and Alex keep going on and on and on and on… This time our trio infernale wins the Grand jury Prize as best documentary film at the Dallas International Film Festival! We send our warmest regards and a hearty “Thank you!!!” to the jury!

CATHEDRALS and RHINO FULL THROTTLE went head to head at Contravision Film Festival in Berlin when the latter winning second prize while Konrad Kästner taking home the pole position! Things start to heat up… We love both of them equally and are mighty proud of our two boys. Well done, Konrad and Erik.

Our two films go for gold at the Landshut Short Film Festival. While RHINO FULL THROTTLE by Erik Schmitt won over the audience, CATHEDRALS by Konrad Kästner convinced the jury. We are very proud and thank everybody from the bottow of our hearts.

Yeeehaaa! Enea, Alex and Carlo have entertained the crowds @ SXSW Film Festival in Austin / Texas so well, that they thanked them by rewarding the boys with the audience award. We are very much touched by the affection and are looking forward to many more happy viewers like these.

What a wonderful end to an incredible Berlinale. KUZU by Kutlug Ataman won the CICAE Art Cinema Award! After the very warm welcome by the audience during the festival this is the perfect award for our little gem. Thanks a lot to the jury and congratulations to everyone involved!

THE SPECIAL NEED by Carlo Zoratti will have it’s North American premiere at this years SXSW festival. We are looking forward to present the film to the awesome crowd of cowboys and cowgirls in Austin / Texas.

Alex, Enea and Carlo have won over the hearts at Trieste Film Festival where THE SPECIAL NEED by Carlo Zoratti was awarded as Best Documentary. We are honored, very thankful and congratulate everyone who has been part of Enea’s trip of a lifetime.

Now it’s official! PRAIA DO FUTURO by Karim Aïnouz will be presented in the competition at the 64. Berlinale. Together with KUZU – THE LAMB by Kutlug Ataman it’s our second film in the festival. We are very proud of the directors, their teams and our partners. Thanks a lot for the great experience making the films!

KUZU – THE LAMB in official selection as a Panorama Special @ the 64. Berlinale

Kutlug Ataman’s KUZU – THE LAMB will have its world premiere as a Panorama Special screening @ the 64. Berlinale in the newly opened Zoopalast – we salute Kutlug and the team and send a big THANK YOU to Wieland and his crew at the Panorama!

Carlo Zoratti’s debut THE SPECIAL NEED has won the German competition @ DOK Leipzig. This is what the jury had to say :

The film talks about a friendship between men, in which women have a playful role of seriousness and give self confident input. Sentimentality, speculation and voyeurism are nowhere to be seen in this film. There is no Happy End, because sex without love is impossible. It’s not a woman saying this, but Enea, a man. There hasn’t been a documentary which talks about humanity with all its comedy and tragedy so sensitively in a long time.

THE SPECIAL NEED will be presented in the Top Docs selection at CPH:DOX. We found our TV partner ZDF – Das kleine Fernsehspiel when we presented the film @ CPH:DOX Forum in 2011, so we are very happy to be back at with the final film! Thanks for having us!

WITH MOM by Faruk LONCAREVIC is going to have its world premiere in the official competition @ Sarajevo Film Festival. Congratulations to Faruk, Amra, Adis, Oleg, Igor and all the other crew members. We are looking forward to present the film in one of Europe’s most exciting cities.

We are happy to announce that Carlo Zoratti’s THE SPECIAL NEED will have its world premiere in “Cineasti del Presente” competition @ Locarno Film Festival. Congratulations and a huge THANK YOU to the whole team!

Konrad Kästner’s documentary CATHEDRALS will celebrate its world premiere in the competition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. We are happy and proud of Konrad and send a big THANK YOU to Karel Och and his entire team!

Erik Schmitt has been nominated for the German Cinematography Awards for the editing of RHINO FULL THROTTLE. We are very happy and give a big shout out to the stallion. Congratulations! In the meantime RHINO FULL THROTTLE is playing festivals around the world and will be in a theatre near you soon.